The Theory & Practice of Gamesmanship or The Art of Winning Games Without Actually Cheating
by POTTER, Stephen
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near fine/very good +
- Seller
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Thomaston, Maine, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1948. Cloth. Near fine/very good +. Lt.-Col. Frank WILSON. 12mo; x [ii], 13-128pp; pale green buckram, title printed in black on spine; light glue burns on endpapers, ownership in neat ink on ffep; b&w illustrations in text; light shelf scuff to tail spine; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, light wear to edges and age-toning; near fine in very good plus dj. Presumed first American edition. Written by British satirist, Stephen Potter, who was known for his parodies of self-help books. This book was written during a power-outage in 1947 when his shows on live BBC radio were interrupted. [Wiki].
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- Bookseller
- Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1078
- Title
- The Theory & Practice of Gamesmanship or The Art of Winning Games Without Actually Cheating
- Author
- POTTER, Stephen
- Illustrator
- Lt.-Col. Frank WILSON
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Games
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Thomaston, Maine
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